Water-spray gun for attachment to pressing irons



M y 1953 F.H. RICHTERKESSING 2,637,597

WATER-SPRAY GUN FOR ATTACHMENT T0 BRESS'ING moms Filed July 7,1950

(Ittorneg Patented May 5, 1953 WATER-SPRAY GUN FOR ATTACHMENT TO PRESSING IRONS Frank H. Richterkessing, Jefferson County, near Louisville, Ky., assignor to W. M. Cissell Mfg. Company, Incorporated, Louisville, Ky., a corporation of Kentucky Application July 7, 1950, Serial No. 172,608

3 Claims. 1

This invention relates to fabric conditioning apparatus in general, sometimes referred to as sadirons, steam-electric irons, tailors goose et cetera and in particular to an attachment incorporated therewith for applying moisture expeditiously to fabric under treatment by the iron.

This invention is directed to improvements over application filer. No. 47,586, filed September 3, 1948, jointly by Frank H. Richterkessing and Charles D. Hargadon, now Patent No. 2,602,705. Extensive use of the former structure by professional operators evolved imperfections that this invention overcomes.

To provide a dependable moisture dispenser, or water-spray gun for attachment at the forward end of a pressing iron or other fabric conditioning device that can be periodically and incidentally manipulated readily at the will of the operator while fabrics are being treated or conditioned are the main objects of the incident invention.

Another object of the invention resides in providing a moisture dispenser that can be permanently incorporated into conventional press ing irons solely by substitution of minor parts of the latter and additional water-spray gun elements.

A further object of the invention consists of the design of a pressing iron moisture dispenser acquirable at low cost of production and having a longer period of use than obtained from similar devices.

A feature of my invention resides in the simplicity of construction and the ease with which parts may be manufactured, assembled and adjusted for ease of operation to accommodate a right or left handed operator.

Other objects, advantages and features may appear from the accompanying drawing, the subjoined detailed description and the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of a pressing iron equipped with my spray gun or moisture-applying apparatus.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary plan view, on an enlarged scale, of the forward end of a pressing iron handle equipped with my improved spray gun showing the operating lever in full lines located directly over the handle, also dotted positions at the right or left hand side thereof.

Figures 3 and 4 are, respectively, fragmentary views, sectional and elevational views, also on an enlarged scale, to show the details of the locating and keying feature that provides optional positions of the operating lever, adverted to above. Figure 3 is a section of Figure 2 on line 3, 3, while Figure 4 is a section of Figure 2 on. line 4, 4.

Figure 5 is a detail view of the sleeve and nut assembly of the spray gun body.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, first to Figure 3, ID designates the spray-gun body rigidly anchored to water supply pipe II that passes through handle l2, shanks l3, l4 and secured thereto by nut I5. [6, l1 designate respectively a head and valve stem screwed together to grip the central portion of rubber diaphragm l8 to constitute the reciprocative valve plunger member that controls the flow of Water from duct [9 (in communication with pipe ll), through passage 20 to exit aperture ll of nozzle 22.

Body ID is provided with seat 23 on which the peripheral portion of the diaphragm rests and is secured thereto by the bottom face of sleeve 24 when the latter is forced into the assembled location by hollow nut 25 that engages shoulder 26 integral with the sleeve. The cylindrical bore of sleeve 24 provides a guide for the plunger flange 15A. In shoulder '26 are diametrically disposed notches 28 that mesh with correlated tongues 29, integral of body Ill, for keying or locating these parts in fixed relation to resist rotation when nut 25 is moved, also to retain aperture 30 and operating lever 3| that projects therefrom and toward handle I2 where manual pressure can be applied readily. Obviously the tongues and notches are to maintain these parts fixed at the predetermined or selected location. By providing other pairs of notches (not indicated), similar to 28, 28, but difierently placed operating lever 3| can be set for the other positions indicated in Fig. 2 by broken lines. By removing the tongues, the sleeve may be oriented for locating the lever to the desired position and then locked by nut 25.

The lever is fulcrumed on fixed shaft 32 and extends over crown 33 of head [6 on which it exerts pressure supplied from spring 34, the tension of which may be controlled by cap 35 that screws onto sleeve 24.

It should be observed that water, supplied under pressure to chamber 20, when the discharge opening 2| of the latter is closed by the valve plug I'IA through the force of the spring transmitted by the plunger thereto, will exert full pressure against the diaphragm and tend to raise the plunger and release water in the form of a twirling spray effected by spiral llB. When the spring is adjusted to exert just sumcient pressure to retain the aperture closed, only a light pressure by the operators thumb is required to remove the force of the spring from the plunger and thereby allow the force of the water against the disk to raise the plunger in order to discharge spray from the nozzle.

Although, handling of water has been, referred to in the above disclosed embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that this apparatus can be used for dispensing other fluids such as steam.

Manifestly, the invention, as-illustratedand described, is susceptible of production from various materials and modifications without departing from the inventive concept, and right is hereby reserved to such modificationsas fallvvithin the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A valve structure comprising a body member having a housing for a chamber with a. discharge opening in a wall: thereof; a sleeve slidably mounted in said housing;- means for securing the sleeve to the housing; avalve plunger member slidablyl mounted for reciprocating axially of said housing and said sleeve for opening and closing said opening; saidvalve plunger member comprising a head disposed in. the: sleeve, a valve stem in the housing and a'fiexible disk sealed at its center between said plunger and saidhead and its peripheral portion clamped between a seat in the housing and, the bottom face of the sleeve; yieldable means for retaining the openclosed by the plunger and means for removing the yieldable means to permit the plunger to open the discharge opening in response to force exerted against the disk by the fluid.

2.-A valve structurecomprising abody member adapted to be secured to a supply pipe associated with the handle of a pressingiron for supplying fluid under pressure, and having a housing for a chamber with a discharge opening in a wall thereof; a sleeve rotatable and slidably mounted in and extending beyond said housing; means for securing said sleeve to the housing at a selected location; a valve plunger member slidably mounted for reciprocating axially of said housing and said housing for opening and clos- 4 ing said discharge opening; said valve plunger member comprising a head in the sleeve, a valve stem in the housing and a spring for pressing said plunger to close said opening; a flexible disk sealed at its center between said plunger and said head and its peripheral portionclampedbetween aseat in the housing and the bottomr'face of the sleeve; and a lever pivotally mounted on said sleeve with one end in operative relation with the spring and the other end disposed adjacent either side of .said handle for movement by a right or left hand operator whereby pressure from the spring is removed to permit the plunger to open the discharge opening in response to force exerted against the disk to discharge fluid.

3. A valve structure comprising a body member and a chamber therein associated with a source of fluid under pressure; said chamber having a discharge opening in a wall thereof; a sleeve mounted in operative relation to said body member; means for securing said sleeve to the body member; a valve plunger mounted for reciprocate ing axially of and slidable contact with said chamher and said sleeve for opening, and closing said discharge opening; -'ieldable means for retaining the opening closed by said plunger; a flexible disk sealed at its center to said plunger and its peripheral portion sealed to the body member; and a lever pivotally mounted onsaid sleeve and having one end in operative relation with the yieldable means and the other end adapted to receive manual force for relaxing the pressurepf the yieldable means applied to the plun er to open the discharge opening in response to, force exerted against the disk by pressure exerted by said fluid.

FRANK" H. RICHTERKESSING.

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